Karren Brady’s New Life Peerageto the House of Lords.

Karren Brady CBE has been granted the title of Baroness Brady of Knightsbridge.

Already a CBE for services to ‘Entrepreneurship and Women in Business’, Karren’s new title is a life peerage to the House of Lords.

The word ‘Baron’ comes from ‘French Baron’, presumably from Frankish Baro meaning “freeman, warrior”; it merged with cognate Old English Beorn meaning “warrior, nobleman”. A female of Baronial rank has the honorific Baroness.

William the Conqueror introduced “Baron” as a rank into England to distinguish the men who had pledged their loyalty to him.

Over the past 25 years, Karren Brady has worked her way up from trainee at Saatchi & Saatchi to the position of Vice-Chairman at West Ham United Football Club, and is now recognised as one of the UK’s most powerful female business leaders.

Baroness Brady’s current positions include:

Vice-Chairman of West Ham FC.

Senior Non-Executive Director of Syco.

Senior Non-Executive Director of Arcadia.

Small Business Ambassador for the Conservative Party.

Aside from Baroness Brady’s business commitments and ‘The Apprentice’television commitments, she remains as one of the UK’s leading Motivational Speakers.